Senior Technical Program Manager – Malaria

PATH is a global nonprofit dedicated to achieving health equity. With more than 40 years of experience forging multisector partnerships and with expertise in science, economics, technology, advocacy, and dozens of other specialties, PATH develops and scales up innovative solutions to the world’s most pressing Heath challenges.

PATH is home to the Malaria Control and Evaluation Partnership in Africa (MACEPA) which works closely with National Malaria Control programs in Africa to strengthen data systems and data use to better inform strategies and targeting of resources to reduce burden. Key components of this work are to generate evidence on novel and existing malaria tools to guide decision-makers, and to work with donors to ensure the resources needed to implement these interventions are available.

PATH is currently recruiting a Senior Technical Program Manager, to support its malaria portfolio in CAR. PATH is seeking a highly motivated individual with strong project management skills, public health experience, robust analytical and writing skills, and extensive organization and communication skills. S/he is responsible for providing strategic and technical direction and implementation of MACEPA’s activities in CAR. The successful candidate will also manage relationships with the National Malaria Control Program and partners, as well as contribute to donor reports and communication with partners.

Responsibilities:

• Develop strong relationships with government and partner organizations working on malaria in CAR to coordinate MACEPA’s support.
• Lead technical and managerial planning, and implementation of MACEPA activities in CAR.
• Lead MACEPA’s technical assistance and support to the PNLP in the areas of national coordination, surveillance, monitoring and evaluation, improved generation, and use of data for decision making.
• Oversee additional in-country of M&E, operation, finance, and office coordination staff that will support MACEPA’s CAR portfolio of work.
• Direct program support to the government in using data for decision-making for optimized malaria interventions.
• Support the development of strategic and technical documents and resource mobilization efforts.
• Assess MACEPA’s progress against goals and donor commitments to measure impact, identify program bottlenecks or weaknesses, devise solutions to strengthen programs as necessary and ensure teams are consistently updated on progress and results.
• Facilitate knowledge-sharing across global, regional, and country-based team-members to institutionalize knowledge and ensure consistency of PATH’s technical and operational support to malaria programs.
• Work with PATH’s global technical advisors and PATH regional’s Senior Management Team to set strategic areas for expansion and guide strategic planning or partnerships development as needed.
• Represent PATH at regional meetings and conferences, manage relationship and coordination with regional bodies.
• Build and manage in-country malaria program team, including the program officer, and other technical staff.

Required skills and experience:

• Advance degree in public health, medicine, social sciences, business or related field, and a minimum of 10 years of experience providing technical assistance in support of malaria control and elimination objectives, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience working with government institutions, local community organizations, donors, and other stakeholders (particularly at the sub-national level), informing development of strategy, policy, and operational plans, preferably in malaria control and elimination.
• Experience and understanding of the central African, and more specifically, CAR’s health system context and malaria programming at the national and sub-national levels.
• Demonstrated experience managing technical programming against work plan commitments, designing, and implementing technical activities, and communicating inputs/outputs/outcomes of activities.
• Experience managing junior and mid-level technical staff members.
• Demonstrated understanding and experience in support systems for malaria control and elimination.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced, multi-site, multi-year project, including managing partner collaboration, experience with cross-cultural teams highly desirable.
• Demonstrated ability to think strategically with strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrated skills in collaboration and diplomacy and commitment to achieving project objectives.
• Fluency in French and professional proficiency in English with excellent written, oral, and interpersonal communication skills.